Skip to content
HelpBLESS
Join free
Browse needsPeopleFeedDonationsHow it worksPost a needSign in
MoneyRefugees & displacementUrgent

A fresh start in Lafayette: help the Karimi family resettle

The Karimi family are rebuilding in Lafayette after leaving Ethiopia; your gift pays for housing basics.

🇺🇸 United States4,054 views
Stephanie R. Chen
Email verified
Lafayette
My family left Ethiopia 7 months ago after the war reached our town. We spent time in a camp before we were resettled in Lafayette. We're a family of five and we're safe, but we arrived with very little. Our resettlement agency has provided 4 months of rent, and that support ends in October. I was a shopkeeper in Ethiopia, and I'm studying the language every evening. Our daughter and son have started school and are doing well. We want nothing more than to be self-sufficient. This fund will help us through the first six months. Funds are managed by the Lafayette Welcome Table charity, a registered organization, which pays the landlord and suppliers on the family's behalf. Where the $4,900 goes: • Rent deposit and first month: $2,000 • Beds, table and basic furniture: $1,450 • Winter clothing and school supplies: $630 • Language classes and bus passes: $680 • Phone and internet for school and job search: $140 Glad we found this place. - Stephanie
#refugees#resettlement#family

Updates from Stephanie

  1. Quick update: $2,523 raised so far (51%). we've started the first stage. Receipts coming as soon as I have them.

  2. Thank you all. We're at 28% now ($1,349). I'm honestly stunned. we've started the first stage.

  3. Thank you all. We're at 16% now ($760). I'm honestly stunned. the plan for phone and internet for school and job search is now scheduled.

Donations

RecentTop gifts
  • Paulina Karolina Kaczmarek 🇵🇱 · $250
  • Alka K. Srivastava 🇺🇸 · $32
  • Joy Bukola Okafor 🇳🇬 · $15
  • Jameson B. Kelley 🇦🇺 · $10

    “Thought of Stephanie all day after reading this. - Parramatta”

  • Lefteris Pavlos Stavrou 🇬🇷 · $25

    “Hope this helps. My mother told me about this one. - Patras”

  • Mary Grace F. Lacson 🇵🇭 · $25

    “Get well soon. I'm in Manila, thinking of you. - Manila”

  • Imran Qasim Hanif 🇵🇰 · $57
  • Ana S. Castillo 🇦🇷 · $50

    “All the best. This is from my last paycheck, glad to do it. - Mar del Plata”

  • Farah Khadija Bouzid 🇸🇦 · $20
  • Naveen S. Pillai 🇮🇳 · $10

    “From my family to yours! - Agra”

  • Anonymous 🇧🇷 · $20

    “From my family to yours! - Caruaru”

  • Hossain Babu Mahmud 🇧🇩 · $10
  • Lawrence Richards 🇬🇧 · $79
  • Patrick H. Boyd 🇺🇸 · $20

    “Stay strong. I'm in Spokane, thinking of you.”

  • Sandesh Ranade 🇮🇳 · $10
  • Anonymous 🇮🇳 · $20
  • Lệ Bích Luong 🇻🇳 · $30

    “Sending love. Hope the October deadline works out. - Hải Phòng”

  • Jahid Liton Rashid 🇮🇳 · $50
  • Wangari Naliaka Omondi 🇰🇪 · $5
  • Alessandro Antonio Giuliani 🇮🇹 · $75

Reviews

Only people who gave to this need, or whose offer to help was accepted, can review it.

No reviews yet.

Questions & comments

Ask before you give. Email-verified members can comment and ask questions - no donation needed.

Sign in or create a free account to join the conversation.

  • Bruno Santiago Salazar

    Praying for you, Stephanie. Hope you get there. Please keep us posted. Thinking of Lafayette.

    • Upendo Rose Simiyu

      keep going. Looking forward to the next update. My husband and I read this together. Blessings.

      • Carol H. HallPhoto verified

        Wishing you the best, Stephanie. It takes guts to ask. Well done

        $4,578.50 raised of $4,900

        Give

        More people who need help